Yingzhou is also known as Xingzhou, Guanzhou and Zhengzhou.
It is located on the south bank of Huangyan River, less than 500 miles away from Luoyang in the west.
They are like the shining twin stars on the Huangyan River, serving as the gateway to the Central Plains and strangling the throats of the north and south.
On the 28th, at the beginning of noon.
An Wenxiu personally led the main forces of the four legions of madmen, giants, skeletons, and netherworld, totaling 920,000 people, and appeared on the endless plain.
In front of you is the shivering ancient city on the water.
In the distance, it seems that the bed of Huangyan River can be seen hanging alone above the horizon.
Seeing that the main force had arrived, Heaven Realm's vanguard army changed its previous weak offensive and became very fierce.
An Wenxiu also immediately mobilized 30,000 madmen and giant legions to join the battle.
At this moment, there are tens of thousands of human soldiers and horses in the city. Facing the endless celestial army, everyone is determined to die.
However, the disparity in strength was too great. Within an hour of the battle, this thousand-year-old city on the water was burned to the ground by the heavenly army.
All 70,000 soldiers died in the battle.
The heavenly army is advancing south. According to intelligence, there are still some human soldiers near the river embankment, as well as many people crossing the river.
An Wenxiu's troops were short of food and fodder, so they had to capture these two-legged sheep and chop them into pieces to serve as rations for the army.
But soon there was a military report from the front.
"Commander, in front of you is the Huangyan River. On the embankment... appears the handsome flag with the character Zhao!"
"Zhao Zi Shuai Qi? Who is it?"
"There is a special curling cloud pattern on the commander's flag. Zhao Xianfeng, the veteran commander of the cavalry regiment in the world more than ten years ago!"
"Zhao Xianfeng?"
An Wenxiu's face darkened slightly when he heard the name.
During the Battle of Eagle Beak Cliff more than ten years ago, the names of five mortals in the human world were known to the heavens.
Zhao Xianfeng, Zhao Zian.
Zhao Shiqu, Yang Zhentian.
And that Yang Sanlang who would rather die than surrender.
Back then, Zhao Xianfeng led more than 10,000,000 human light and heavy cavalry, and nearly completely annihilated the hundreds of thousands of Storm Legion led by Phantom in the southern wasteland.
After this battle, because of his old age, the old coach retreated from the background and pushed his son Zhao Zian to the front.
According to intelligence, Zhao Xianfeng has been retiring in the capital for more than ten years.
An Wenxiu thought that Zhao Xianfeng had died for his country when the capital was captured, but he didn't expect to meet him here.
He didn't hesitate, and immediately rode the six-legged beast and galloped towards the south.
After a while, we arrived at the south side of Shuishui Town.
In front is the high Huangyan River embankment. Thirteen huge Zhao-style flags are placed on the embankment and flutter in the wind, which is very eye-catching.
Under the commander's flag, there are probably less than 10,000 human soldiers.
These soldiers did not wear armor, almost all of them were bare-chested, with white scarves on their heads and long knives in their hands.
To the north is the dark army of heaven.
The two sides faced each other less than two miles apart.
An Wenxiu rode out on the beast.
Lift your eyes and look.
Sure enough, I saw an old man standing under the handsome flag.
He said loudly: "Is that the human commander in front of you, General Zhao Xianfeng?"
Zhao Xianfeng walked out slowly and took a few steps forward.
Someone next to me handed over the sound transmission stone.
He held the sound transmission stone and said slowly: "That's me. Your Excellency is An Wenxiu, right?"
An Wenxiu said: "Exactly! It turns out to be Old General Zhao. I'm disrespectful! I wonder if Old General Zhao would like to talk to me!"
Zhao Xianfeng smiled and said, "Okay."
Neither of them brought any guards or mounted their mounts, and walked slowly out of the two armies.
Came between the two armies.
Although An Wenxiu is a monk, his cultivation level is not high.
His main occupation is military.
Although Phantom was defeated in the wasteland battle more than ten years ago, this did not affect An Wenxiu's admiration for Zhao Xianfeng.
Zhao Xianfeng's hair was now white, but he still stood upright.
When looking at An Wenxiu, he looks like he is just a young man in his twenties or thirties.
The old man and the young man stared at each other.
An Wenxiu asked: "Is General Zhao waiting for me here?"
Zhao Xianfeng nodded and said: "Not bad."
An Wenxiu smiled and said: "To lure me here with 70,000 human soldiers, General Zhao is making a fuss. As long as the old general says a word, I will definitely drop everything and come to keep the appointment."
Zhao Xianfeng saw that An Wenxiu was elegant and had no arrogance.
He nodded slightly and said: "Xu Kai's defeat at your hands is not unjust. You are indeed a person."
An Wenxiu slightly clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for the compliment, Old General. Old General, now that the situation in the human world is over, it would be better for Old General to abandon darkness and embrace the light, and enter my heaven. An guarantees that he will never treat Old General badly."
A trace of mocking smile appeared on Zhao Xianfeng's old cheek.
He said: "Commander An is joking. I am a human being who commands the three armies. How can I descend to heaven?"
What's more, almost all of my sons and grandsons were killed by the heavenly soldiers. It is absolutely impossible for me to recognize a thief as my father and massacre my compatriots."
An Wenxiu frowned slightly.
He also thought that Zhao Xianfeng was waiting for him here because he wanted to return to heaven.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xianfeng was so decisive.
An Wenxiu snorted and said, "Old General Zhao, since you don't want to surrender, what do you want to do by staying here?
The 70,000-strong army was slaughtered in less than half a day. Do you think those thousands of soldiers behind you can stop my heavenly army from moving south?
You are already old.
It's not more than ten years ago now, and you don't have tens of millions of cavalry at your disposal.
Let me ask you one last question: surrender or not."
Zhao Xianfeng shook his head and said: "I would rather die than surrender."
An Wenxiu's expression turned cold.
The best thing is to be able to recruit Zhao Xianfeng to surrender. Since it is impossible to recruit Zhao Xianfeng, capturing him would be a great achievement.
Zhao Xianfeng is Zhao Zian's father, and using this as a threat will surely make Zhao Zian submit.
When An Wenxiu was about to take action, Zhao Xianfeng suddenly said: "Commander An, don't you want to know why I brought you here? Why do you have the confidence to stop your progress?"
An Wenxiu looked around and saw that both sides' troops were hundreds of feet away.
Zhao Xianfeng was not a monk, and An Wenxiu could capture him at any time.
He said: "Okay, I would like to hear how General Zhao can turn things around and stop my million-strong army."
Zhao Xianfeng waved behind him.
The royal monk who had been protecting Zhao Xianfeng took out a notice from his arms.
Read it aloud.
"In the past, thieves and bandits wreaked havoc, devastated lives, caused rivers of blood to flow from the people, and the late emperor died a heroic death for his country. Today, I, Zhao Xianfeng, dig a dike here to stop the enemy, hoping to break its front and protect the country and the country.
Water is both soft and hard. Digging dikes to divert water and using softness to overcome hardness will cause the rebels to fall into it. However, this is not an easy task and requires brave men who risk their lives to commit hardship. All my people should share the same hatred of the enemy and face the national calamity together.
The waves are rolling back and the waves are raging. Behead the enemy, capture the enemy's flag, and drink the enemy's blood. This is the glory of our soldiers, and this is the blessing of our people.
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The tragic sound slowly sounded on both sides of the Huangyan River.
The more An Wenxiu listened, the more something was wrong.
After a moment, his face changed wildly, he pointed at Zhao Xianfeng and shouted angrily: "You...you want to dig up the Huangyan River embankment? How brave are you! Aren't you afraid of being a sinner for the ages?"
Zhao Xianfeng said with a smile: "Now that civilization is about to be destroyed by you, what's the point of my reputation as Zhao Xianfeng?"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the river embankment.
At this moment, An Wenxiu had no intention of capturing Zhao Xianfeng.
He used his body skills to rush towards the direction of the heavenly army and shouted sternly: "Retreat! The whole army retreats! Retreat quickly!"
The reason why we chose to cross the river at the Yingzhou section is because the Huangyan River turns a corner here and the river channel is narrow, making it easy to cross the river.
But the narrowness of the river means that the water flow is fast.
At this moment, nearly one million celestial troops are stationed below the river embankment.
Once the embankment is dug, the rolling river water will flow down.
There are endless plains for hundreds of miles, and you can't hide even if you want to!
The heavenly army was in chaos.
I want to stay away from this place.
At this moment, Zhao Xianfeng had arrived at the river embankment.
After the royal monk finished reading the notice, he put it in his arms.
He knelt down in front of Zhao Xianfeng and kowtowed three times respectfully.
He said, "Take care, Marshal Zhao."
Then Yukong flew up and flew towards Jinling in the south. Zhao Xianfeng said without any hesitation: "Let's light the fire."